Skunk porpoise, or Bay porpoise (Zoˆl.), a North American porpoise
(Lagenorhynchus acutus), larger than the common species, and with broad
stripes of white and yellow on the sides. See Illustration in Appendix.
||Por`po*ri"no (?), n. [It.] A composition of quicksilver, tin, and
||sulphur, forming a yellow powder, sometimes used by mediÊval artists,
||for the sake of economy, instead of gold. Fairholt.
Por"pus (?), n. A porpoise. [Obs.] Swift.
Por*ra"ceous (?), a. [L. porraceus, from porrum, porrus, a leek.]
Resembling the leek in color; greenish. [R.] "Porraceous vomiting."
Wiseman.
Por*rect" (?), a. [L. porrectus, p. p. of porrigere to stretch out
before one's self, to but forth.] Extended horizontally; stretched out.
Por*rec"tion (?), n. [L. porrectio: cf. F. porrection.] The act of
stretching forth.
Por"ret (?), n. [F. porrette, fr. L. porrum, porrus, leek. See
Porraceous.] A scallion; a leek or small onion. [R.] Sir T. Browne.
Por"ridge (?), n. [Probably corrupted fr. pottage; perh. influenced by
OE. porree a kind of pottage, OF. porrÈe, fr. L. porrum, porrus, leek.
See Pottage, and cf. Porringer.] A food made by boiling some leguminous
or farinaceous substance, or the meal of it, in water or in milk,
making of broth or thin pudding; as, barley porridge, milk porridge,
bean porridge, etc.
Por"rin*ger (?), n. [OE. pottanger, for pottager; cf. F. potager a soup
basin. See Porridge.] A porridge dish; esp., a bowl or cup from which
children eat or are fed; as, a silver porringer. Wordsworth.
Port (?), n. [From Oporto, in Portugal, i. e., &?; porto the port, L.
portus. See Port harbor.] A dark red or purple astringent wine made in
Portugal. It contains a large percentage of alcohol.
Port, n. [AS. port, L. portus: cf. F. port. See Farm, v., Ford, and
1st, 3d, & 4h Port.] 1. A place where ships may ride secure from
storms; a sheltered inlet, bay, or cove; a harbor; a haven. Used also
figuratively.
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Peering in maps for ports and piers and roads.
Shak.
We are in port if we have Thee.
Keble.
2. In law and commercial usage, a harbor where vessels are admitted to
discharge and receive cargoes, from whence they depart and where they
finish their voyages.
Free port. See under Free. -- Port bar. (Naut,) (a) A boom. See Boom,
4, also Bar, 3. (b) A bar, as of sand, at the mouth of, or in, a port.
-- Port charges (Com.), charges, as wharfage, etc., to which a ship or
its cargo is subjected in a harbor. -- Port of entry, a harbor where a
customhouse is established for the legal entry of merchandise. -- Port
toll (Law), a payment made for the privilege of bringing goods into
port. -- Port warden, the officer in charge of a port; a harbor master.
Port (?), n. [F. porte, L. porta, akin to portus; cf. AS. porte, fr. L.
porta. See Port a harbor, and cf. Porte.] 1. A passageway; an opening
or entrance to an inclosed place; a gate; a door; a portal. [Archaic]
Him I accuse The city ports by this hath entered.
Shak.
Form their ivory port the cherubim Forth issuing.
Milton.
2. (Naut.) An opening in the side of a vessel; an embrasure through
which cannon may be discharged; a porthole; also, the shutters which
close such an opening.
Her ports being within sixteen inches of the water.
Sir W. Raleigh.
3. (Mach.) A passageway in a machine, through which a fluid, as steam,
water, etc., may pass, as from a valve to the interior of the cylinder
of a steam engine; an opening in a valve seat, or valve face.
Air port, Bridle port, etc. See under Air, Bridle, etc. -- Port bar
(Naut.), a bar to secure the ports of a ship in a gale. -- Port lid
(Naut.), a lid or hanging for closing the portholes of a vessel. --
Steam port, ∧ Exhaust port (Steam Engine), the ports of the
cylinder communicating with the valve or valves, for the entrance or
exit of the steam, respectively.
Port, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ported; p. pr. & vb. n. Porting.] [F. porter,
L. portare to carry. See Port demeanor.] 1. To carry; to bear; to
transport. [Obs.]
They are easily ported by boat into other shires.
Fuller.
2. (Mil.) To throw, as a musket, diagonally across the body, with the
lock in front, the right hand grasping the small of the stock, and the
barrel sloping upward and crossing the point of the left shoulder; as,
to port arms.
Began to hem him round with ported spears.
Milton.
Port arms, a position in the manual of arms, executed as above.
Port, n. [F. port, fr. porter to carry, L. portare, prob. akin to E.
fare, v. See Port harbor, and cf. Comport, Export, Sport.] The manner
in which a person bears himself; deportment; carriage; bearing;
demeanor; hence, manner or style of living; as, a proud port. Spenser.
And of his port as meek as is a maid.
Chaucer.
The necessities of pomp, grandeur, and a suitable port in the
world.
South.
Port, n. [Etymology uncertain.] (Naut.) The larboard or left side of a
ship (looking from the stern toward the bow); as, a vessel heels to
port. See Note under Larboard. Also used adjectively.
Port, v. t. (Naut.) To turn or put to the left or larboard side of a
ship; -- said of the helm, and used chiefly in the imperative, as a
command; as, port your helm.
||Por"ta (?), n.; pl. PortÊ (#). [L., a gate. See Port a hole.] (Anat.)
||(a) The part of the liver or other organ where its vessels and nerves
||enter; the hilus. (b) The foramen of Monro. B. G. Wilder.
Port`a*bil"i*ty (?), n. The quality or state of being portable; fitness
to be carried.
Port"a*ble (?), a. [L. portabilis, fr. portare to carry: cf. F.
portable. See Port demeanor.] 1. Capable of being borne or carried;
easily transported; conveyed without difficulty; as, a portable bed,
desk, engine. South.